More than 400 student-led startups from around the world applied to compete in the 2022 Rice Business Plan Competition—the world’s largest and richest student startup competition. Our applicant pool was incredibility robust with a variety of quality startups, so we’re excited to announce that we’re inviting 42 promising startups to compete.| Rice Business Plan Competition
Following a “generous philanthropic gift” by Farid and Asha Virani, the undergraduate business program at Rice University will be named after the family. The building where the business program is housed, McNair Hall, will remain unchanged.| InnovationMap
Taking control of your health can be a difficult path to walk on your own. A new startup, created by eight female Rice University students, is aimed at wading through the health care system.| InnovationMap
The Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship and the Jones Graduate School of Business have announced the 42 student teams that will compete in the 2022 Rice Business Plan Competition, which returns to an in-person format on the Rice University campus in April.| InnovationMap
A Rice University chemist James Tour has secured a new $12 million cooperative agreement with the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center on the team’s work to efficiently remove pollutants from soil.| InnovationMap
